PHILADELPHIA - One of just five regular season women's lacrosse games set for broadcast on ESPN's linear networks this season, the 12th-ranked University of Pennsylvania women's lacrosse team is set for a final bout at Franklin Field on Wednesday, April 17, hosting No. 11 Princeton in a pivotal, primetime Ivy League showdown at 6 p.m.

Series History
The Quakers and Tigers have met 51 times previously on the lacrosse field, with Princeton holding a slight 26-22-3 advantage all-time. Penn fell twice to Princeton last year, including a 13-10 defeat in The Garden State in the Ivy League Tournament championship game. Penn's last meeting against the Tigers on Franklin Field resulted in a Quaker victory however, a 17-12 decision in 2017. Either Penn, Princeton or both teams have won the Ivy League regular season championship each year since 2006, a run of 13-straight seasons one of the two teams have been included in the Ancient Eight trophy. 

On the Rebound
While Penn is fresh off its third loss of the season, Quaker fans should be confident in their ability to get back in the win column. Penn hasn't lost back-to-back games in the regular season since setbacks to No. 1 Maryland and Dartmouth in 2016. 

Midseason All-America
Penn landed two players on Inside Lacrosse's list of Midseason All-Americans, including junior attacker Gabby Rosenzweig and junior goalkeeper Mikaila Cheeseman. Rosenzweig was tabbed as a second-team selection, while Cheeseman checked in on the third-team. 

Three Quakers on Tewaaraton Watch List
Erin Barry, Zoe Belodeau and Gabby Rosenzweig all saw their names on the first Tewaaraton Watch List of the year, highlighting the nation's best players in college lacrosse. Rosenzweig, one of the final 25 Tewaaraton Award nominees last year, currently leads the team offensively with 26 goals and 38 assists for 64 points, ranking first in the Ivy League. Belodeau ranks second on the team in points on the season with 40, while Barry is third with 24 and ranks second with 24 ground balls.

Standout Stadler
Freshman Taylyn Stadler is the only rookie for the Red and Blue to start all 12 games so far, and she has made her presence known, currently ranking fifth on the team with 22 points, including 17 goals and five assists. Stadler has scored in all but one game for Penn this year, netting a season-high three goals on two occassions: at Rutgers and at #5 Northwestern. 

Lending a Helping Hand
One of Penn's catalysts on offense this season has been through the assist-making prowess of junior Gabby Rosenzweig. The New York native leads the team with 38 assists (the next closest has 11) and ranks fourth nationally, averaging 3.17 assists per game. 

Clutch Quakers
The Quakers have already won five games this year by a single goal, highlighting their ability to make plays in the final seconds when it matters the most. The five one-goal wins are the most for Penn since winning five games by a single goal in 2008, when the Quakers advanced to the NCAA Tournament Championship game. The Red and Blue have leaned on their reliable playmakers in those situations, as Zoe Belodeau recorded the game-winning goal against both #21 Georgetown and #15 Duke, while scoring the game's last two as Penn held on to defeat Cornell, 11-10. Defensively, Katy Junior has stepped up, intercepting a pass to lead to Penn's game-winning score in overtime at #17 Johns Hopkins, while Mikaila Cheeseman stopped a game-tying shot with 10 seconds left to preserve an 8-7 win over the Hoyas. Against Brown, Gabby Rosenzweig slotted home the game-winner while Penn held the Bears scoreless the final 16-plus minutes of game time, while Cheeseman saved two free position shots in the final minute. 

Ball-Magnet Bosco
After collecting 19 ground balls last year, sophomore Abby Bosco has asserted herself on the field for Penn, already picking up 42 this season to lead the squad. Last game saw Bosco tally eight ground ball pickups, the most for a Penn player since Emma Spiro against Brown in 2008.

Keepin' It 100
Junior midfielder Erin Barry has eclipsed the 100 mark in both ground balls and draw controls this season. She is the third in the Karin Corbett-era to do so, now owning 122 draw controls and 109 ground balls. Against Dartmouth, Gabby Rosenzweig joined the 100-goal club, now owning 101 in her three-plus years with Penn.

Program Record Watch
Senior captain Katy Junior is just two ground balls away from tying Penn's program record of 128, set in 2015 by Meg Markham. Junior also ranks second in program history in caused turnovers with 93, behind Markham's final tally of 111. 

RPI Watch
Penn is slotted 11th in the latest NCAA RPI, one of three Ivy League squads in the top-20. Princeton ranks 10th.

A Tradition of Success
Penn has won 11 of the last 12 Ivy League championships, including three conference tournament titles, and have advanced to 12-straight NCAA Tournaments, the fifth-longest active streak in the country.

Aye, Aye Captain(s)!
Senior defenders Katy Junior and Lauren O'Mara have been tabbed as captains for the 2019 campaign of Penn women's lacrosse.

Picking Apart Princeton
The Tigers, like Penn, enter Wednesday as one of four teams in the Ivy League with just one conference loss, owning a 3-1 mark. At 9-3 overall, the Tigers checked in at No. 11 nationally according to the latest IWLCA Coaches Poll, and have won four in a row following a two-game slide to Brown and #2 Maryland. Princeton features four players on the Tewaaraton Watch List, including Kyla Sears, Elizabeth George, Sam Fish and Tess D'Orsi. The Tigers boast a versatile attack, with Sears, George an D'Orsi all with at least 32 goals and 46 points on the year, while as a whole Princeton ranks fifth nationally with a shot percentage of .496. In the goal, Fish's .472 save percentage is 35th in the country.